Seeing this was not the same video, I thought of you last night. Sorry to have wasted your time.
Am beginning to think ET messed up and perhaps didn't realize the portion shown was a definite scene of abuse and control. It wasn't acting. Howard was angry.
Was the whole hour on Anna Nicole? This one I watched was just all the “scandals” of 2007 that ET covered and ANS was just a small portion, even though her death and the paternity dispute were #1.